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spoonworm

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[spoon-wurm] / ˈspunˌwɜrm /

noun

  1. any of various unsegmented, burrowing marine worms of the phylum Echiura, of shallow waters worldwide, having a sausage-shaped body and a flattened head.

Etymology

Origin of spoonworm

First recorded in 1835–45; spoon + worm

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New bivalve species and sideswimmer have been found to live communally with the greenish Bonellia spoonworm.

From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2023

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